FileSearch

Search for a file in a path.

Declaration

Source position: filutilh.inc line 96

function FileSearch(

const Name: String;

const DirList: String

):String;

Description

FileSearch looks for the file Name in DirList, where dirlist is a list of directories, separated by semicolons or colons. It returns the full filename of the first match found.

Errors

On error, an empty string is returned.

Example

Program Example41;

{ Program to demonstrate the FileSearch function. }

Uses Sysutils;

Const
{$ifdef unix}
  FN = 'find';
  P = '.:/bin:/usr/bin';
{$else}
  FN = 'find.exe';
  P = 'c:\dos;c:\windows;c:\windows\system;c:\windows\system32';
{$endif}

begin
  Writeln ('find is in : ',FileSearch (FN,P));
end.

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